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Floods & storms, 1952

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Six Dead: Gales in Britain

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 1 January 1952 · page 2

LONDON, Monday (A.A.P): Six people were killed when winds reaching 100 miles an hour to several parts of…

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10 jump from ship in Atlantic gales

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 3 January 1952 · page 1

LONDON, Wednesday (A.A.P.): Five women and a boy were among 10 passengers who had to jump overboard from the storm-smashed American freighter, Flying Enterprise—into the worst Atlantic Sea for half a century…

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Heavy Rain Is Needed to End Severe [?]Rought No Relief Yet

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 8 January 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday: According to Sydney [?]eather experts, little relief from the drought in [?]ew South Wales can be expected for some [?]ys, despite farther rain falls today…

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Storm, lifts girl for two lots!

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 8 January 1952 · page 1

NEWCASTLE, Monday: A violent storm which swept over Toukley today lifted a 13-year-old girl in…

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Molong Cyclone Blasts Hospital, Houses

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 10 January 1952 · page 2

A cyclone at Molong on Monday smashed the roof of the Molong District Hospital, wrecked several homes…

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Storm over city transport plane

Daily Advertiser · Friday 11 January 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday: A storm of protest has broken [?] over p[?](Mr. Winsor) to reorganise Sydney's transport service's…

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Baby girl drowned in flood

Daily Advertiser · Friday 11 January 1952 · page 2

BRISBANE, Thursday: At Rockhampton a nine-months-old baby girl, Isabella Foex, of Deeford, was…

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Costly U.S. storms

Daily Advertiser · Monday 21 January 1952 · page 3

LOS ANGELES. Sunday (A.A.P.): Thousands of Southern California residents beaded back to their…

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Fire Threat in Southern States Heavy Rain on Qld. Coast

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 21 January 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday.—While N.S.W. and Victoria are threatened once more with grave bush fires, Queensland coastal…

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JUST 30 Inches of Rain Three Days' Deluge

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 22 January 1952 · page 1

TOWNSVILLE, Tuesday — Haughton river of Giru is rising rapidly, and is expected to sever all road connections…

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Tunisian Riots Are Spreading Rapidly Arabs Attempt to Storm Garrison

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 24 January 1952 · page 1

TUNIS (Tunisia), Thursday. — Five thousand Nationalist "Home-Rule" Arabs yesterday attempted to storm the French garrison at Moraine, a coastal town 120 miles south-east of Tunis…

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Ships in Trouble in Atlantic Storm Tanker Breaks in Two

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 19 February 1952 · page 1

NEW YORK, Tuesday—Two U.S. tankers are in distress oft Cape Cod, near Boston, and a U.S. freighter is in trouble 230…

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Tankers Break in Half in Storm

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 20 February 1952 · page 1

CHATHAM, (Massachusetts) Tuesday (A.A.P.): Two large American tankers broke in halves in a fierce storm off Cape Cod yesterday. This morning, only 32 of the 85 crew…

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Death Toll Reaches 47 in U.s. Storms

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 21 February 1952 · page 2

BOSTON, Wed. (A.A.P.): Death toll in New England's worst snow storm of the winter reached 47 yesterday with…

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Tugs Reach Broken Ship Another Vessel Damaged in Atlantic Storm

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 21 February 1952 · page 1

CHATHAM (Mass.) Thursday — Tugs and a Coastguard cutter will today attempt to tow the…

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Lives lost in storms in Europe

Daily Advertiser · Monday 25 February 1952 · page 3

BELGRADE, Sun. (A.A.P.): More than 50 people have lost their lives in snowstorms and avalanches in Slovenia…

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Drought to Floods North Coast Situation

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 26 February 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday — A Weather Bureau official said today that, there was danger of local…

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Celebrations for Gundagai Centenary of Disastrous Flood

The Gundagai Independent · Tuesday 4 March 1952 · page 1

It is possible that next week, the Gundagai Shire President (Cr. C. B. Stribley) will announce details…

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Heavy Loss of Life As Ships Founder in Storm One Survivor Picked Up From 3 Ships

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 10 March 1952 · page 1

LONDON, Monday — At least, ten seamen have been drowned, and many more are missing from three ships believed to have foundered around the coast of Britain during storms at the week-end…

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10 drown, 49 missing in storm

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 11 March 1952 · page 1

LONDON, Mon. (A.A.P.): At least ten seamen were drowned and 49 more are missing from three ships…

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